New York Mets at San Francisco Giants: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
The Story
The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-2 at Oracle Park on April 5, 2026, handing the home side a loss the DiamondIQ model's estimate had initially framed as a coin flip, with San Francisco entering at a 54 percent pre-game win probability. New York scattered its offense across two decisive bursts, plating a run in the second inning before the Giants answered with two of their own in the sixth, and then the Mets blew the game open with four runs in the eighth to seal the outcome. The Mets finished with 13 hits and committed no errors, while San Francisco was charged with two errors across its seven-hit performance.
The two most consequential sequences came in opposite halves of the game. In the bottom of the sixth, Rafael Devers singled off Kodai Senga for a +16.5 percent swing in win probability, and Matt Chapman followed with a double worth +12.0 percent, giving San Francisco its only lead of the night. That momentum was fully erased in the eighth, when Luis Torrens delivered a double off Erik Miller that carried a +21.9 percent win-probability swing, the single largest play of the game, and Mark Vientos followed with a single for an additional +16.7 percent. Francisco Lindor's groundout against Logan Webb in the seventh, which cost the Mets 13.5 percent in win probability, briefly stalled a New York threat before the eighth-inning surge made it moot.
Among position players, Torrens led all batters with a +21.3 percent WPA and a +0.8 RE24, while Jared Young contributed significantly with +17.3 percent WPA and a team-best +1.5 RE24. Jorge Polanco added +9.9 percent WPA to round out the Mets' most impactful contributors at the plate. On the mound, Logan Webb was the most valuable arm on either side, finishing with a +25.2 percent WPA in a performance that kept San Francisco competitive deep into the game, but reliever Huascar Brazobán added +8.0 percent for the Giants while Luke Weaver contributed +5.2 percent in support of the Mets' winning effort.